The Bucklands BeachClean Up From Polluto-x By : Rochelle, Katherine, Nicholahand KylaBucklands Beach Intermediate School Who:You and Friends and Family What:To clean up around Bucklands Beach When/Date:Saturday 15th August Where:Around Bucklands Beach (Map will be given when you come) Time:10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location:Out side Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
Why:To keep it from getting polluted like The Pacific Garbage Patch
(Here is more information on littering.)
IT has been described as the world's largest rubbish dump, or the Pacific plastic soup, and it is starting to alarm scientists. It is a vast area floating plastic debris.
It is a vast area of plastic debris and other flotsam drifting in the northern Pacific Ocean, held there by swirling ocean currents.
Discovered in 1997 by American sailor Charles Moore, what is also called the great Pacific garbage patch is now alarming some with its ever of -growing size and possible impact on human health.
The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is in fact two huge, linked areas of circulating rubbish, says Dr Marcus Eriksen, research director of the US-based Algalita Marine Marine Research Foundation, founded by Moore"It is endless for an area that is maybe twice the size as continental United States," he says.
Now we don't want New Zealand to suffer from this kind of rubbish issue. So try to mininize the amount of rubbish you make as possible. Or, if you can't, just throw your rubbish responsibly. Separate for the recycled and for the real rubbish, like plastics and man made plastic wrappers. And also please don't throw any rubbish onto the streets because you don't know the bad things that will happen if you do that. We would aprreciate it if you please try to throw your rubbish responsibly.
So if you have nothing to do in this weekend come and help us ''WE WANT YOU''
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The world's largest dump
From the Polluto-x members: Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle
If you want to learn more about our group visit our sitewww.polluto-x.wikispaces.com
Room 25 has been doing a project in Inquiry on some actions to alert the public of Manukau, about preventing either Shark-fining or Pollution. Our group chose Pollution as our topic, or to be more specific littering. We called our group Polluto-x and the members of the group are Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle. We called it "Polluto-x" because we don't want New Zealand to suffer from pollution. We chose this topic because we want to find a way for this to stop. We felt that pollution is abig issue and we all felt that pollution was something preventing us from preserving the natural beauty of New Zealand. We want to choose a lot of actions to help New Zealand, but in the end we only need to choose 3. Our chosen actions were printing and sending out fliers around Buckland's Beach and asking people to help us clean the environment, picking up rubbish around our area and the beach and sending a letter to the City Council.We want to let you know so you can tell the people that "Littering is simply NOT OK!" If we succeed in our actions we might havea big change in our environmental risks involving rubbish issues.
About 65% of each city in New Zealand is full of rubbish and you are a part of New Zealand, you do not want New Zealand to be the most polluted country! It would be unnatural and that name just doesn't describe New Zealand at all. The thing that bothers Polluto-x is that people don't think of the consequences that will happen when they drop a piece of rubbish or throw a can onto the street. We need to be aware because hundreds of people are littering every second and it builds up. Litter-free places are healthy places. Waste is hazardous if disposed of incorrectly and can attract pests and disease. What we're trying to say is that things like plastic which is litter can not be disposed of easily. Most people don't know that things like plastic and man made packaging takes centuries to break down. To whom this may concern, we would appreciate it if you can please take serious actions to help and encourage the people of Manukau to throw their rubbish responsibly. All we want to say is we want everybody to reduce the amount of waste they make as possible and dispose of it responsibly to ensure New Zealand is a healthy place to grow up in, to live and to learn in and to treasure as something as precious as life.
Sincerely Yours,
The Year 7 Polluto-x members
Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle
If you want to learn more about our group and find more information on
littering visit our website www.polluto-x.wikispaces.com
From Polluto-x By : Rochelle, Katherine, Nicholah and Kyla Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
Who: You and Friends and Family
What: To clean up around Bucklands Beach
When/Date: Saturday 15th August
Where: Around Bucklands Beach (Map will be given when you come)
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Out side Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
Why:To keep it from getting polluted like The Pacific Garbage Patch(Here is more information on littering.)
IT has been described as the world's largest rubbish dump, or the Pacific plastic soup, and it is starting to alarm scientists. It is a vast area floating plastic debris.
It is a vast area of plastic debris and other flotsam drifting in the northern Pacific Ocean, held there by swirling ocean currents.
Discovered in 1997 by American sailor Charles Moore, what is also called the great Pacific garbage patch is now alarming some with its ever of -growing size and possible impact on human health.
The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is in fact two huge, linked areas of circulating rubbish, says Dr Marcus Eriksen, research director of the US-based Algalita Marine Marine Research Foundation, founded by Moore"It is endless for an area that is maybe twice the size as continental United States," he says.
Now we don't want New Zealand to suffer from this kind of rubbish issue. So try to mininize the amount of rubbish you make as possible. Or, if you can't, just throw your rubbish responsibly. Separate for the recycled and for the real rubbish, like plastics and man made plastic wrappers. And also please don't throw any rubbish onto the streets because you don't know the bad things that will happen if you do that. We would aprreciate it if you please try to throw your rubbish responsibly.
So if you have nothing to do in this weekend come and help us ''WE WANT YOU''
From the Polluto-x members:
Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle
If you want to learn more about our group
visit our site www.polluto-x.wikispaces.com
PLEASE HELP US AND COME
Kyla's option for the real letter to Council
Monday 10th August
Bucklands Beach Intermediate (BBI)
247 Bucklands Beach Road
Bucklands Beach
Auckland, 2012
Dear Manukau City Council,
Room 25 has been doing a project in Inquiry on some actions to alert the public of Manukau, about preventing either Shark-fining or Pollution. Our group chose Pollution as our topic, or to be more specific littering. We called our group Polluto-x and the members of the group are Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle. We called it "Polluto-x" because we don't want New Zealand to suffer from pollution. We chose this topic because we want to find a way for this to stop. We felt that pollution is a big issue and we all felt that pollution was something preventing us from preserving the natural beauty of New Zealand. We want to choose a lot of actions to help New Zealand, but in the end we only need to choose 3. Our chosen actions were printing and sending out fliers around Buckland's Beach and asking people to help us clean the environment, picking up rubbish around our area and the beach and sending a letter to the City Council. We want to let you know so you can tell the people that "Littering is simply NOT OK!" If we succeed in our actions we might have a big change in our environmental risks involving rubbish issues.
About 65% of each city in New Zealand is full of rubbish and you are a part of New Zealand, you do not want New Zealand to be the most polluted country! It would be unnatural and that name just doesn't describe New Zealand at all. The thing that bothers Polluto-x is that people don't think of the consequences that will happen when they drop a piece of rubbish or throw a can onto the street. We need to be aware because hundreds of people are littering every second and it builds up. Litter-free places are healthy places. Waste is hazardous if disposed of incorrectly and can attract pests and disease. What we're trying to say is that things like plastic which is litter can not be disposed of easily. Most people don't know that things like plastic and man made packaging takes centuries to break down. To whom this may concern, we would appreciate it if you can please take serious actions to help and encourage the people of Manukau to throw their rubbish responsibly. All we want to say is we want everybody to reduce the amount of waste they make as possible and dispose of it responsibly to ensure New Zealand is a healthy place to grow up in, to live and to learn in and to treasure as something as precious as life.
Sincerely Yours,
The Year 7 Polluto-x members
Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle
If you want to learn more about our group and find more information on
littering visit our website www.polluto-x.wikispaces.com
See evidence on the action progress page.